"I was really stunned. I don't know where he got that, but you know, he was one of those people that I'd never heard of," Takei quipped. "I didn't know who he was and I thought he was kind of a crass, old man, so I didn't pay much attention to him."

The 74-year-old actor continued: "That word, 'meek', came out of the clear blue. I mean, I noticed he struggled to find a word to describe me, and then he finds a word like 'meek'.

"Then I figured he's probably illiterate and didn't know whatever word he wanted to use, and that word came to him."

Takei also admitted he was surprised that Donald Trump leapt to his defense in the boardroom.

"He was supposed to be the neutral arbiter. I was about to start responding, but Donald took over for me," he commented.